Braves honor longtime usher with bobblehead
Banks has a bobblehead to call his own.
Touissant among top 20 impact rookies for 2019
Here are the top players in each league who could get the opportunity to show what they can do at the highest level this year, perhaps even contending for Rookie of the Year honors
Healthy Donaldson could be force for Braves
When the Braves open Spring Training next week, their bid to defend their National League East crown will be significantly influenced by whether Josh Donaldson is capable of reestablishing himself as one of baseball’s elite superstars.
Quiet offseason shouldn’t nix Braves’ potential
As the Mets, Nationals and Phillies have made multiple upgrades, Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos has thus far limited his offseason activity to giving Josh Donaldson a record one-year deal and bringing to fruition the desires of Brian McCann and Nick Markakis to play for the Braves.
Braves unwilling to meet Marlins’ ask for J.T.
The Braves made it clear that, individually, each of their prospects was available in exchange for J.T. Realmuto. But they were not willing to provide the volume of prospects or the MLB-experienced asset sought by the Marlins, who ended an offseason-long saga by dealing the All-Star catcher to the Phillies on Thursday.
Newcomb’s value depends highly on ’19 growth
Sean Newcomb entered last June as an All-Star candidate and exited the regular season wondering if he had done enough to earn a spot on Atlanta’s postseason roster. The inconsistent nature of his first full Major League season enhances the difficulty of projecting how valuable he might be to the Braves from both an immediate […]
Minter wants to be Braves’ high-leverage option
As Braves manager Brian Snitker evaluates who might serve as his closer, A.J. Minter has made it clear he wants to be the guy who is consistently called upon to handle high-leverage threats that develop in late innings.
Braves’ Top 30 prospects list
Who do the Braves have in the pipeline? Get scouting reports, video, stats, projected ETAs and more for Atlanta’s Top 30 Prospects on MLBPipeline.com’s Prospect Watch.
Braves notes: McCann, Soroka, Gohara
Brian McCann still laughs about what transpired as he learned the Braves were calling him up to the Majors during the 2005 season. He remembers being summoned to Brian Snitker’s room, where he found the then Double-A manager eating pizza while wearing nothing more than his underwear.
10 Braves to watch in Spring Training
Here is a look at 10 Braves players sure to draw attention during this year’s Spring Training.